Journalism interviewing looks easy until you sit across from someone and realise you have no idea what you are actually doing. Here is what went wrong in my first few attempts.
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If you are filling silence in your interviews, you are probably losing the best material your subject would have given you. Here is what that looks like in practice.
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Going into an interview convinced you know the story is one of the fastest ways to miss it entirely. This is what that assumption cost me on a story I thought was straightforward.
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Leading questions are one of the most common habits new interviewers develop without realising it. Here is what they look like, why they feel justified, and why they produce useless answers.
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New interviewers often confuse not challenging a source with being fair. Here is why that instinct produces inaccurate stories and what to do instead.
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Wegamiu covers the craft and ethics of journalism interviewing as a news and information portal focused on working journalists and serious readers. Each piece draws on real reporting situations — difficult subjects, evasive sources, time pressure — rather than textbook scenarios. The goal is analysis that holds up when you actually use it.
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